Dagenham & Redbridge FC and cult favourites Umbro have teamed up to pay tribute to the industrial roots of the club for the new 25/26 away kit. Reviving the energy that Stirling Works factory once brought to the community, the club produce a shirt that brings pure grit and power back to the National League.
The terraces at Victoria road aren’t just steeped in football tradition, they’re layered with the weight of industry, community, and East London resilience. Long before chants could be heard from the stands, the Stirling Works Factory stood beside the pitch. Here, workers doubled as fans, players, and volunteers. It was more than football, it was culture. That electricity from the factory is what powers the new Dagenham & Redbridge 25/26 away kit.
Designer Ed Cowburn said, : "One of the things I love about this project is that it’s a chance to uncover a piece of local history that even some lifelong Daggers fans might not know. The Stirling Works factory is part of the ground the club stands on — literally and culturally — but unless you’ve been told about it, it’s easy for those stories to fade. This kit is a way of bringing that history back into the conversation, of making it visible every time the team steps on the pitch. For Acid FC, the size of the club isn’t the deciding factor — it’s the strength of the story. Whether it’s a non-league side like Dagenham or a club at the very top of the game, the process is the same: find the thread that connects team, place, and people, and weave it into something that feels authentic. We want every shirt to be more than a design — it should feel like it belongs to that community."
Designed by creative director Ed Cowburn in collaboration with cult football collective Acid FC, this kit revives the energy that once blessed the town and turns it into a work of art. The new away shirt arrives cloaked in a deep, coal black, nodding to the ebonite that was once used in the factory. It gives us that raw feeling of smoke-stained overalls and steel-toed boots. But what lights up this kit is the lightening graphics that streak across the shirt in tonal Daggers colours, reimagining the physical charge that once ran through the streets. East London industrial heritage to the max. It's unique design is completed with the classic club crest sign off alongside the signature Double Diamond logo.
Best believe Daggers will be lighting up the pitch in these threads.
The new Daggers away kit is available now at daggersshop.square.site
